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Led Zeppelin - Going to California

The song is reportedly about Canadian singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell, with whom Plant and Page were both infatuated. In live performances of the song, Plant would often say the name “Joni” after this stanza (which is thought to have referenced Mitchell’s 1967 composition “I Had a King”):

To find a queen without a king,They say she plays guitar and cries and sings.

(Source: gettingcloseto, via as-we-go-along)

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